The study of material culture of Central Asian nomads in Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages has drawn the attention of domestic scientists. From 1860s archaeological, written and ethnographic sources were accumulated, the principles of their analysis and interpretation were elaborated. All this has enabled scientists to establish a number of specific features of clothes of ancient nations, to note certain cultural influence of Iranian-speaking peoples. In the article the author reveals characteristics of clothes of the Central Asian population at Scythian, "gunn-sarmat", Turks time based on archeological materials obtained by scientists in different time.

Key words: costume, nomads, Central Asia, Scythian, "Gunn-Sarmat", Turks time, historiography.